The beautiful weather all year round and the playground o the super-rich. The French riviera is a gorgeous place to spend a few days relaxing and enjoying the azure coast. Let’s plan a 3 day trip, (can be extended to as long as you want(you just need to keep on adding the cities on the french riviera-like Cannes, St.Tropez, Menton etc.

The Airport for Nice is Code D’Azure Airport & the commute to reach Nice city center is very simple. Just use Tram number 2 from just outside the Airport. Buy ticket on the station itself (Its only 1.5 Euro & valid for 75 mins). You can alternatively buy a 1 Day (5 Euro), 7 Day ( 10 Euro), 10 trip ( 10 Euro). The same ticket can be used for Monaco as well. The Currency used in Whole of french riviera (Nice, Cannes etc ) & Monaco is Euro. The SIM cards valid for France can be used in Nice & other french Riviera cities but in Monaco, you need to either buy a new card or else there will international roaming charges even for internet.

Itinerary: Day 1-First thing to do is to go to the Promenade Des Anglais. The Promenade is one of the best in the world. Here you can go for a swim or just enjoy a stroll on the pebble beach or just lie on the beach and enjoy the view and the weather. PS. There are showers on the beach for you to wash up after your swim. Now, once you take as long as you want on the promenade, move inwards towards the city and go towards Musee Massena. The entry for this museum is 10 euro but it is free for students. But this same ticket can get you into all the museums in Nice, so a very good price. From here walk towards the Court House in Ville Vielle and there is a small market that gets setup here on weekends.From here walk towards Nice Cathedral and enjoy a small prayer inside the beautiful cathedral. From here just walk towards Old Nice and just enjoy exploring the different streets and the different shops in this area. Once done with all this start walking towards Marche Aux Fleurs Cours Saleya, this is a fruit, Vegetable & flower market on most days but a very good flea market on mondays (don’t forget to bargain here- I bought something that was being sold for 150 euros for 40 euros). You can enjoy a bite to eat or a pint of beer, or french wine, or coffee with croissants on tables set-up outside by several restaurants that are set-up here around the market. Once finished with this, you can walk towards Castle Hill along the Promenade. Then take stairs or the free lift up towards the top of the hill, from where you’ll get possibly the best views of Nice. Once you come down, then walk towards the Monument Aux Morts, which is a monument dedicated to french soldiers that died in WW1 & WW2, and is made by cutting into the hill. From here, you can walk towards the Nice Port (Port Lympia) and the path till that is covered by a Flea market on sundays. Then come back towards Place Massena and from there take a walk on the Promenade du Pallion via the Fontaine Miroir d’Eau. You will encounter a number of parks and sculptures (including a replica of David. and then once you reach the Theatre National de Nice, trace your track back to Place Massena and from there go towards the Avenue Jean Medicin, which is the biggest shopping street in Nice . Enjoy rest of your day at your leisure.

Day 2– We’ll go to Moncao today & for that first walk to Le-Port bus station and get Bus number 100 going towards Menton. This bus station is on Port Lympia, behind the church building. The route from Nice to Monaco is absolutely stunning, and to best enjoy it sit on the right side of the bus. Ticket can be bought from the driver or you can use your passes here as well. Get down at Place d’Armes (after approx 40 min drive). Take a lift up to the Commerce Center here. Be cautious of your data usage here; as you might encounter International roaming charges here. Then walk towards the Monaco Old Town. From there go towards the Saint Martin Garden. From here go to Jardin Exotique. From here, next place to go will be roseraie princesse grace. Then walk towards Saint Nicholas Cathedral. After that, go to Musee Oceanographique de Monaco. Then if you want to have a good photo-op place, walk up towards Fort Antoine Theatre. Then walk towards Monaco harbour. Here, in winters you can find an ice rink where people can do ice skating. Then walk upwards to Casino Square, where you can see Hotel d’ Paris and the world famous Monte Carlo Casino (Setting place for James Bond’s Casino Royale). Check out the garden & shops around these casinos. Then walk towards Larvotto Beach if you want or take the bus number 100 back to Nice. Now, you can enjoy strolls around the Promenade or the old Nice as per your liking.

Day 3– Either take a bus/ train to Cannes from here (takes between 40 min to 1.2 hours) and enjoy the day there or walk towards the basilique notre-dame de l’assomption. The outside of the cathedral is a beautiful as the inside. Then from there walk towards Place Garibaldi & don’t forget to eat something from the cafe’s & italian food shops. From here, walk towards the Museum of Modern art Nice, which is next to Nice National theatre. From here, you can either take bus number 5 or walk approx 2.5 km to Cimiez monastery. Here, go to Jardin du Monastere de Cimiez. Enjoy the monastery and the views of Nice from up here. Then go down towards the Marc Chagal National Museum. Then once done with it, go back to Nice old town/ promenade and enjoy the rest of the day.